I can’t believe it’s been nine days since I last logged in a wrote something.  I have been pretty busy working on websites following up on leads and job interviews.

One thing that is on the minds of many is the economy.  I have spoken with several business owners, small businesses with just a few employees and they are concerned.   I am not sure the economy is as bad as Obama and McCain would like us to believe.  Many companies are taking a “wait and see” approach.

This I believe is more dangerous than people see.  Because now who ever, or what ever business,  makes a hard push forward they will be so much ahead of the “wait and see” crowd.  There is a guy here in St. George that everytime he hears people start to talk recession he pulls out his piggy bank and starts expanding.  He own’s an Ace Hardware store.  He was the only hardware store in St. George at one time.  One of his friends pointed this out to me about 15 years ago, just as we were going into the recession in the early nineties.  Then again right after the dot com collapse he was expanding again.  But when the economy was going gang busters his store was unchanged.  Well again we are heading into some rough times and you guessed it his store is a mess and there is a bunch of expanding going on.  I never thought he would survive.  He has to compete with a Lowes, Home Depot and two super Wal-Marts.

When the economy is good he is waiting and seeing.  And as soon as things start to head south he is jumping in and moving forward.  While everyone else is “Waiting and Seeing.”

Another good example of this is the story of Joseph in the Bible.  He saw that during the years of plenty they should save.  Then during the years of famine they opened up their stores and sold, gaining a huge advantage over the rest of the world.

I need to pay more attention to these things.

For some reason I only saved this and didn’t publish it last week.

As has been stated, this VP debate was watched by a bunch of people.

Here is my two cents

While I believe I am farily liberal in my beliefs. However,  I was a bit taken back by the stance Joe biden and I am assuming Barak Obama have on same sex/gay marriage.  It sounds like to me they believe “partners” should have all the rights of the traditional marriage.

The break up of the traditional family is the most damaging problem in America and the world.Traditional Family being defined as;  a Man and Woman being married,  staying true to marriage vows, bringing children into this family environment,  the mother staying home to raise the children, the man leaving the home each day to provide for the family, they rearing the children to be productive citizens in society.

I have been attempting for a week now to write about something I realized in Sunday school last week.  What I realized is that the troubles the world are experiencing are the result of moral decay of society.  Hurricanes, typhoons, earthquakes, wars, tsunamis, terrorist activity, and market instability all due to moral decline.   As the events of this week transpired, mostly market unrest. The basic cause of this is moral decline.  While I don’t think I am a prophet, I due believe I can have a voice in warning people to pay attentions to the signs.

In  last weeks Sunday school the topic discussed was  chapters 8-11 of 3rd Nephi.  It was brought up that all the calamity that befell the Nephites that had been prophesied by Samuel the Lamanite(check out Helman 14).

The instructor leading the discussion asked how does this relate to our day?  I realized that the world is now facing problems, like the peoples of old, that are a result of people disregarding the commandments.  I believe many have seen this and already realized it before.

However, I want to right this as a testament to my posterity that I recognized the signs of the times.

I think I am going to start a category called signs of the times and as I observe things that I believe are signs of the times I will add them to my blog.